わ

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Alternative spellings 2.1.2 Pronunciation 2.1.3 Pronoun 2.1.3.1 Derived terms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Particle 2.2.1.1 Usage notes 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Hiragana character 2.3.1.1 Derived terms 2.3.2 See also 2.4 References

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
わ Unicode: U+308FKatakana: ワHepburn romanization: waNihon-shiki romanization: waPolivanov cyrillization: ваJapanese braille: ⠄

[edit] Syllable

わ

1. The hiragana syllable at わ行あ段 (row WA, section A) in a gojūon table.

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Stroke order

[edit] Etymology 1

The short form of ware.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 吾

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [wa]

[edit] Pronoun

わ (kanji 我, romaji wa)

1. first-person personal pronoun; I, me
   • c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari

   「[...]わが丈たち竝ぶまで養ひたてまつりたる我子を、なに人が迎へきこえん。まさに許さんや」と言ひて、[...]

   • c. 1001-1014: Genji Monogatari (Kiritsubo)

   かしこき御蔭をば、たのみきこえながら、貶めきずを求め給ふ人はおほく、わがみはかよわく、物はかなきありさまにて、中々なる物思ひをぞし給ふ。

   • c. 1001-1014: Genji Monogatari (Utsusemi)

   女どち、のどやかなる夕闇の、道たどたどしげなるまぎれに、わが車にてゐてたてまつる。

[edit] Derived terms

• 我 (ware)

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Particle

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わ (romaji wa)

1. a particle used in the end of sentences, which indicates admiration or emotion

   あなたの髪は長いわね！

   あなたのかみはながいわね。

   Anata no kami wa nagai wa ne.

   Wow, your hair is so long!

   今、行くわ。

   いま、いくわ。

   Ima, iku wa.

   I'm coming.

   知らないわ。

   しらないわ。

   Shiranai wa.

   I don't know.

[edit] Usage notes

• In common Japanese, this particle is mainly used by women. In various dialects, particularly western, it is used by both men and women, but with a different accent.

[edit] Etymology 3

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 和 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

わ (romaji wa)

1. The /wa/ syllable.
2. The forty-fourth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is ろ and the next character is ゐ. The equivalent katakana character is ワ.

[edit] Derived terms

• ゎ (small form)

[edit] See also

• For a list of words starting with わ (wa) see: Special:Allpages/わ

[edit] References

• Horiuchi, Hideaki; Akiyama Ken (1997). Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 17: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0024-0017-4.
• Yamagishi, Tokuhei [c. 1001-1014] (1958). Koten Bungaku Taikei 14: Genji Monogatari 1 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0006-0014-1.